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This book won the Man Booker Prize in 2013.
In this book, Eleanor Catton describes the gold rush in 1866 in Hokitika, a town located in the southwest of New Zealand.
By that time, the Maori have already found the greenstone, a type of jade, which is a stone that can be found easily in New Zealand.
The plot is intertwined of several minor stories. One of them is about the inheritance of a death hermit and his rightful inheritors. In the meantime, a young man, who became rich in a gold mine, disappea ...more
In this book, Eleanor Catton describes the gold rush in 1866 in Hokitika, a town located in the southwest of New Zealand.
By that time, the Maori have already found the greenstone, a type of jade, which is a stone that can be found easily in New Zealand.
The plot is intertwined of several minor stories. One of them is about the inheritance of a death hermit and his rightful inheritors. In the meantime, a young man, who became rich in a gold mine, disappea ...more
The Hokitika River.
A tour de force with a fabulous set of characters (to love and hate; to feel compassion for or not). There is a list of characters at the front, but after 100 pages or so I didn't even need it, they are distinct enough on their own (and there aren't THAT many). I loved the storytelling, I loved the history of the characters and of New Zealand, I loved the family stories and interconnectedness. Now i need to read her first book!
I am kind of sad that this is my first finish of 2014. Will anything ...more
I am kind of sad that this is my first finish of 2014. Will anything ...more
WOW. Read it.
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